A temple in Bagan’s archaeological zone collapsed on Sunday as a result of damage sustained in an earthquake in 2016. Three sides of the main structure at Temple No. 1,066, located near the Sein Nyat Sisters pagodas, developed cracks during the earthquake on Aug. 24, 2016. The Department of Archaeology and National Museum had reinforced the temple after the quake, but the work could not prevent the...

The Libyan Antiquities Authority (LAA) has condemned the destruction of Sabha's historic castle after its walls were severely damaged by missiles during the clashes in the city. The LAA noted in a press statement that it was unable to determine the damage because of the ongoing fighting in the area. The statement called all parties to spare this historic premise the scourge of wars, stressing that the incident is an alarming sign that a dark period is on our doorstep...

When Lark Mason Associates offered what seemed to be a Chinese painted paper ten-fold screen dating from the Kangxi period with an estimate of $30,000-50,000, imagine the surprise and excitement that ensued when the final price reached a record-breaking $562,500, twenty times more than the original price...

This spring, the Kimbell Art Museum presents the U.S. debut of From the Lands of Asia: The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection. This exhibition will feature nearly 450 objects from this remarkable collection, with works representing key periods in the history of the art of China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, Korea and Vietnam...

Hundreds of diehard local residents in Phimai municipality vowed Friday they would fight a Fine Arts Department (FAD) move to declare an area covering 2,658 rai as a historic site. At least 300 residents gathered for a seminar to highlight their concerns and insisted they would lodge a petition against the demarcation with the Administrative Court...

The Islamic era was an era of modernity, often under-apprecited by the world. While Middle Eastern countries might have experienced a glimpse of its greatness, western countries often confuse it with some current events that undermine Islam. However, one exhibition seeks to serve as a bridge between the perception gap. ‘The World of Fatimids’ exhibition,...

The Arab Spring marked the beginning of a cultural crisis across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The looting and trafficking of cultural property became industrialized in countries like Libya, where antiquities were “gushing” out of the country at unparalleled rates...

Most Venerable Thich Minh Hien—the abbot of Huong Pagoda, who is also the organiser of the exhibition, titled “Huong Pagoda-Now and Then”—said the collection of such a large number of photographs includes 32 particularly special works taken between 1927 and 1955, many of which were previously held in France.

He discussed the exhibition at an opening ceremony of the Huong Pagoda Festival held last week, saying that the photographs were regarded as a precious discovery as they exposed one of the palatial features of the mountain region of Vietnam as it was more than 60 years ago.

The monk said the exhibition was the culmination of a long period of research and study by his students, whom he had sent to many libraries and storage centres across Vietnam and France to look for historical information, documents and data about the old pagoda.

Targeted areas included the École Francaise d’Extrême-Orient, or EFEO, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the National Archives Centre I-II-III and the National Library in Vietnam, according to Hien.

The exhibition opened on February 21, or the sixth days of the Lunar New Year—the day that the annual Huong Pagoda Festival officially opened. It will close at the end of March this year...

Would you like to learn a few words of a language only three people in the world speak? Badeshi used to be spoken widely in a remote snow-clad valley, deep in the mountains of northern Pakistan. But it is now considered extinct. Ethnologue, which lists all of the world's languages, says it has had no known speakers for three or more generations...

Holi is the Hindu spring festival of colours. In Barsana and Nandagaon, people celebrate a variation called ‘Lathmar Holi’, which means ‘Holi in which people hit with sticks’. During the first day of the festival, the women of Barsana, the birth place of Hindu Goddess Radha, beat the men from Nandagaon, the hometown of Hindu God Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their efforts to drench them with colours...[PHOTOS]

Some 2,000 years ago, perhaps, ancient artists in the Arabian desert climbed tall rock outcrops and carved life-size camels into the stone.

Now, archaeologists exploring a site in northwest Saudi Arabia have discovered about a dozen of the humped sculptures. Although camel art has been found in other parts of the Arabian Peninsula, the newly uncovered engravings at the so-called “Camel Site” are stylistically unique.

The findings, which were reported Tuesday, could help provide insight into the history and development of rock art on the Arabian Peninsula...

The event is expected to draw 400 athletes from 27 teams of Hanoi’s districts, namely Hoang Mai, Bac Tu Liem, Chuong My, My Duc, Thanh Oai, and Ba Vi and Son Tay town, as well as Hai Duong, Hung Yen and Thai Nguyen provinces. They will compete in different men’s, women’s and mixed categories in the city’s West Lake...

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